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Cape Flats English

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Finn, Peter (2004), "Cape Flats English: phonology", in Schneider, Edgar W.; Burridge, Kate; Kortmann, Bernd; Mesthrie, Rajend; Upton, Clive (eds.),
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argues that the Respectable−Extreme (or "Cultivated−Broad") dichotomy can also be set up for CFE itself, with the former being used by the
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Not all speakers from Cape Flats speak this variety of English, with many speaking an accent similar to
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occur in the context of a co-occurring indefinite, as in "I didn't catch
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Malan, Karen (1996), "Cape Flats English", in De Klerk, Vivian (ed.),
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from Afrikaans may occur, such as "I took that towel and I
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cape1242
South African English
Cape Flats
Cape Town
the Broad
Wood (1987)
middle class
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White South African English
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